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Pretty solid crime semi-documentary about Treasury agents and conterfeiters
posted by MoondoggieSTAFFMOD on March 2, 2017 at 8:36 AM
Some good writing (John Higgins, Virginia Kellogg) and direction (Anthony Mann), and outstanding performances by a good cast, including Charles McGraw as a quintessential heavy and Wallace Ford as "The Schemer." Lots of suspense.
Reply by PT 100
on July 18, 2017 at 6:18 AM
Yes, this is a pretty good crime film, shot in pseudo-documentary style. It starts off with a rather wooden opening monologue by real-life T-man Elmer Lincoln Irey; but soon after, granite-faced Charles McGraw appears, looming out of the shadows, and we know we're in for a good noir film. Just as Murder, My Sweet rejuvenated Dick Powell's career, so did this film for Dennis O'keefe's.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on July 18, 2017 at 6:25 AM
This one has really high-quality cinematography... I still remember that after all these years.
Reply by PT 100
on July 18, 2017 at 10:10 AM
Yes, director Anthony Mann teamed with cinematographer John Alton on a half-dozen excellent films in the late 1940s. Each was an outstanding project. If you haven't seen them all, you should try to do so. They usually come around on TCM every few years.